Ernie Davis has the highest passer rating by a Heisman Trophy winner in a season, with a 1,051.6 rating in 1961.

Interpreted as:

best qbr by a heisman in a season by a player winner

	NAME	RTG	HEISMAN	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Ernie Davis E. Davis	1,051.6	1	1961	SYR	10	1	1	100.0	74	74.0	7.4	1	0	100.0	0.0
2	Charles Woodson C. Woodson	335.2	1	1997	MICH	11	1	1	100.0	28	28.0	2.5	0	0	0.0	0.0
3	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	208.0	1	2023	LSU	12	236	327	72.2	3,812	11.7	317.7	40	4	12.2	1.2	22	96
4	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	202.0	1	2019	LSU	15	402	527	76.3	5,671	10.8	378.1	60	6	11.4	1.1	34	206
5	Kyler Murray K. Murray	199.2	1	2018	OKLA	14	260	377	69.0	4,361	11.6	311.5	42	7	11.1	1.9	18	109
6	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	198.9	1	2017	OKLA	14	285	404	70.5	4,627	11.5	330.5	43	6	10.6	1.5	26	180
7	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	189.5	1	2011	BAY	13	291	402	72.4	4,293	10.7	330.2	37	6	9.2	1.5
8	Jameis Winston J. Winston	184.8	1	2013	FSU	14	257	384	66.9	4,057	10.6	289.8	40	10	10.4	2.6	27	188
9	Cam Newton C. Newton	182.0	1	2010	AUB	14	185	280	66.1	2,854	10.2	203.9	30	7	10.7	2.5
10	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	181.7	1	2014	ORE	15	304	445	68.3	4,454	10.0	296.9	42	4	9.4	0.9	31	175
11	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	180.8	1	2008	OKLA	14	328	483	67.9	4,720	9.8	337.1	50	8	10.4	1.7
12	Tim Tebow T. Tebow	172.5	1	2007	FLA	13	234	350	66.9	3,286	9.4	252.8	32	6	9.1	1.7
13	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	170.6	1	1996	FLA	12	207	360	57.5	3,625	10.1	302.1	39	13	10.8	3.6
14	Caleb Williams C. Williams	168.5	1	2022	USC	14	333	500	66.6	4,537	9.1	324.1	42	5	8.4	1.0	29	246
15	Bryce Young B. Young	167.5	1	2021	ALA	15	366	547	66.9	4,872	8.9	324.8	47	7	8.6	1.3	39	277
16	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	165.8	1	1986	MIA	11	175	276	63.4	2,557	9.3	232.5	26	9	9.4	3.3
17	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	163.1	1	2000	FSU	12	266	431	61.7	4,167	9.7	347.3	33	11	7.7	2.6
18	Troy Smith T. Smith	161.9	1	2006	OSU	13	203	311	65.3	2,542	8.2	195.5	30	6	9.6	1.9
19	Jason White J. White	158.1	1	2003	OKLA	14	278	451	61.6	3,846	8.5	274.7	40	10	8.9	2.2
20	Charlie Ward C. Ward	157.8	1	1993	FSU	11	264	380	69.5	3,032	8.0	275.6	27	4	7.1	1.1
21	Matt Leinart M. Leinart	156.5	1	2004	USC	13	269	412	65.3	3,322	8.1	255.5	33	6	8.0	1.5
22	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	155.9	1	1990	BYU	12	361	562	64.2	5,188	9.2	432.3	41	28	7.3	5.0
23	Johnny Manziel J. Manziel	155.3	1	2012	TAMU	13	295	434	68.0	3,706	8.5	285.1	26	9	6.0	2.1
24	John Huarte J. Huarte	155.1	1	1964	ND	10	114	205	55.6	2,062	10.1	206.2	16	11	7.8	5.4
25	Doug Flutie D. Flutie	152.9	1	1984	BC	11	233	386	60.4	3,454	8.9	314.0	27	11	7.0	2.8